A year after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not just one consolation prize, but three: Razzie Awards as worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy “Norbit.”

The fourth acting “dis-honor” announced at Saturday’s Golden Raspberry Awards in Santa Monica went to Lindsay Lohan, who actually was voted two worst-actress trophies for the thriller “I Know Who Killed Me,” the worst-picture winner in which she played dual roles.

“I Know Who Killed Me” set a new Razzies record with eight awards, including worst screen couple for Lohan in her double role.

Topping the previous record of seven Razzies for both “Showgirls” and “Battlefield Earth,” “I Know Who Killed Me” also won for worst director (Chris Sivertson), screenplay (Jeff Hammond), horror movie and remake or rip-off (Razzies organizers viewed it as a cross between torture flicks such as “Saw” and a twisted update of “The Patty Duke Show”).

With his latest exercise in multiple roles, Murphy was the first person ever to win three acting Razzies in one year. He won as worst actor for the geeky title role, supporting actress as his tubby, shrewish wife and supporting actor as a stereotyped Asian man.

Some awards watchers say “Norbit” cost Murphy an Oscar, landing in theaters shortly before last year’s ceremony and potentially displeasing enough academy voters that the balloting went against him for “Dreamgirls,” for which he had been the supporting-actor favorite. Murphy lost at the Oscars to Alan Arkin for “Little Miss Sunshine.”

“Part of why the Razzies exist is to make fun of the academy, which takes itself too seriously,” said Razzies founder John Wilson. “If you had tried to make something certain to offend the average 90-year-old academy voter, I don’t think you could have done a better job than the foul-mouthed, physically ugly, emotionally ugly movie he unleashed on the world.”

The Razzies ceremony at a magic shop in Santa Monica came a day before Sunday’s Oscars, where “Norbit” ironically is up for the best-makeup prize against “La Vie En Rose” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”

Between them, “Norbit” and “I Know Who Killed Me” won all but one of the Razzies.

“We’ve never had two films so totally dominate, at least not since the heyday of Sylvester Stallone,” Wilson said.

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